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"One of San Francisco’s most elegant waterfront restaurants, this many-windowed Fort Mason cathedral has long served as a beachhead for vegetarian cooking. Under chef Katie Reicher, who has helmed the kitchen for a decade, collaborative dinners with new-school pros like Lion Dance Cafe and the ever-popular Mister Jiu’s keep the ship sailing, serving food people really want to eat — vegetarian or not. Opened in 1979 by the San Francisco Zen Center, it’s arguably where the country’s love of fancy, farm-to-table, plant-forward food was born, and Reicher’s steady hand continues that legacy, giving vegetables the loving Bay Area treatment and proving they can — and do — taste good." - Paolo Bicchieri